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Minister of State John Halligan TD announce details of the NDRC@ArcLabs Start-Up Accelerator in WaterfordWed, 24 Jan 2018 08:51:44 -0800http://www.arclabs.ie/blog/minister-of-state-john-halligan-td-announce-details-of-the-ndrc-arclabs
http://www.arclabs.ie/blog/minister-of-state-john-halligan-td-announce-details-of-the-ndrc-arclabs<p>1<sup>st</sup> December 2017: Minister of State for Training, Skills, Innovation, Research & Development, John Halligan TD, today announced the establishment of the NDRC@ArcLabs Start-up Accelerator programme, supported by Enterprise Ireland, to further enhance the start-up ecosystem within Ireland.</p><p>The accelerator, which is based in ArcLabs at Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT), is open to applications from potential teams or individuals both in Ireland or overseas, in all technology sectors.</p><p>The investors and supporters of NDRC@ArcLabs, in addition to Enterprise Ireland, include Suir Valley Ventures, Bank of Ireland Seed and Early Stage Equity Fund, South East BIC, and Local Authorities of Carlow, Kilkenny, Waterford and Wexford, Local Enterprise Offices and Enterprise Centres.</p><p>There are 10 slots available within the ‘NDRC@ArcLabs’ Accelerator Programme with the first cohort to commence in early 2018. Successful applicants of the Enterprise Ireland supported accelerator programme will receive membership and a place within ‘NDRC@ArcLabs’ for a period of 100 days, where teams will be able to build and commercially validate their technologies by working with existing entrepreneurial networks and mentors.</p><p>The Accelerator programme is part of Enterprise Ireland’s overall strategy to increase the number and quality of start-ups that have the potential to employ more than 10 persons and achieve €1 million in export sales within three years.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Announcing the establishment of the NDRC@ArcLabs accelerator programme Minister of State for Training, Skills, Innovation, Research & Development, John Halligan TD said</strong><strong>:</strong> “I’m delighted to welcome the establishment of this new accelerator programme in my own constituency. Ireland is recognised as a key hub for technology and innovation and this accelerator programme, supported by my Department through Enterprise Ireland, will make a real contribution to...<a href=http://www.arclabs.ie/blog/minister-of-state-john-halligan-td-announce-details-of-the-ndrc-arclabs>Read More</a>Kyckr signs multi-year collaborative agreement with BloombergTue, 18 Jul 2017 03:31:05 -0700http://www.arclabs.ie/blog/kyckr-signs-multi-year-collaborative-agreement-with-bloomberg
http://www.arclabs.ie/blog/kyckr-signs-multi-year-collaborative-agreement-with-bloomberg<p>Kyckr is pleased to announce it has signed a multi-year partnership agreement with Bloomberg to provide access to business registry data to customers of various Bloomberg products, including the Bloomberg KYC Entity Exchange service.</p><p>David Cassidy, Kyckr's Managing Director states: "A global blue chip client such as Bloomberg provides the greatest level of validation for what we do and why it's important. The Bloomberg team has been a pleasure to work with and has shown that a big company can have entrepreneurial capability".</p><p>For more information on this article and Kyckr visit <a target="_blank" href="http://www.kyckr.com/">www.kyckr.com</a></p><a href=http://www.arclabs.ie/blog/kyckr-signs-multi-year-collaborative-agreement-with-bloomberg>Read More</a>Australian ambassador visits ArcLabsTue, 23 May 2017 04:14:56 -0700http://www.arclabs.ie/blog/australian-ambassador-visits-arclabs
http://www.arclabs.ie/blog/australian-ambassador-visits-arclabs<p><sub>The Australian Ambassador to Ireland, Mr Richard Andrews and Australia's Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner Mr David </sub><sub>Watson, visited WIT’s Research and Innovation Centre ArcLabs on May 16th as part of a trade mission to explore business</sub><sub> opportunities and areas for collaboration between Australia and Ireland, particularly in the areas of financial services and agriculture-technology.</sub></p><p><sub>Speaking during his visit, Mr Andrews said that he was delighted to make his first visit to Waterford as Australia's Ambassador to Ireland. “This visit is part of the Embassy's mission to keep Australian businesses informed about opportunities in Ireland, including right here in Waterford."</sub></p><p><sub>During the tour of ArcLabs, the Australian delegation met with Mr Ben Cronin, Founder and CEO of Kyckr Ireland which has offices in Sydney Australia as well as Waterford and Dublin. Kyckr Ireland is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Kyckr Australia, which listed on the Sydney Stock Exchange in September 2016.</sub></p><p><sub>According to Mr Cronin, “One of the most important decisions for Kyckr was locating in ArcLabs in Waterford. The company is fundamentally a technology business so being located here has allowed us to grow the team with the best tech experience and to leverage existing knowledge and experiences from within ArcLabs. Support from Enterprise Ireland and the ArcLabs team have been instrumental to the Kyckr story”.</sub></p><p><sub>Kyckr provide award winning, commercially proven products for the authentication of businesses globally. The company has developed API’s and cloud based decision engines for Best in Class KYC due diligence and customer on-boarding. Kyckr’s products offer a significant competitive edge to customers with automated data cleansing, remediation and on-going monitoring that dramatically improve customer on-boarding timelines. The Kyckr registry network is now the largest authoritative company...<a href=http://www.arclabs.ie/blog/australian-ambassador-visits-arclabs>Read More</a>Student Entrepreneurship BootcampMon, 20 Feb 2017 07:49:05 -0800http://www.arclabs.ie/blog/student-entrepreneurship-bootcamp
http://www.arclabs.ie/blog/student-entrepreneurship-bootcamp<p><a href="http://www.arclabs.ie/">Arclabs, the research and innovation centre at Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT</a>) is behind this exciting event for WIT students.</p><p>The Arclabs Student Entrepreneurship Bootcamp aims to assist in developing WIT students innovative ideas into viable business opportunities by providing them with tools for future business growth.</p><p>The Bootcamp will run in ArcLabs on 28<sup>th</sup> February from 1- 7pm and will be followed up by 1-to-1 mentoring meetings with the students on 6<sup>th</sup> and 7<sup>th</sup> March to help students get direction on the next steps to take to develop their business.</p><p>This bootcamp event will partner with and feed into:</p><ul><li><a target="_blank" href="https://www.wit.ie/research/centres_and_groups/wit_all_campus_enterprise_competition">The Solve-It </a>WIT business ideas competition</li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://studententrepreneurawards.com/">The Enterprise Ireland Student Entrepreneur Awards</a></li><li>The Demola business development programme</li><li>The ArcAcademy programme</li></ul><p>To register for this please go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/student-entrepreneurship-bootcamp-tickets-31995870510?aff=es2.</p><a href=http://www.arclabs.ie/blog/student-entrepreneurship-bootcamp>Read More</a>Polar Bear Pitching Welcomes Start UpsMon, 05 Dec 2016 08:05:06 -0800http://www.arclabs.ie/blog/polar-bear-pitching-welcomes-start-ups
http://www.arclabs.ie/blog/polar-bear-pitching-welcomes-start-ups<p>Polar Bear Pitching welcomes startups to Oulu, an innovative city in Northern Finland on Feb 14th-15th 2017! Unlike in all other pitching competitions, in Polar Bear Pitching there is no time limit. However, the entrepreneurs have to give their pitches while standing waist deep in ice cold water on a stage carved in the frozen Baltic Sea. The event is livestreamed throughout the world. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.tti.bme.hu/node/308">Read More</a></p><a href=http://www.arclabs.ie/blog/polar-bear-pitching-welcomes-start-ups>Read More</a>Veri Integrated TrainingThu, 22 Sep 2016 02:39:46 -0700http://www.arclabs.ie/blog/veri-integrated-training
http://www.arclabs.ie/blog/veri-integrated-training<h3><p><strong>ArcLabs Kilkenny company Veri Integrated Training brings compliance and quality assurance to a new level</strong>.</p></h3><p>A software expert has teamed up with one of the country’s most highly accredited training providers to launch a brand new and integrated software solution that provides students, tutors and training providers with the ultimate quality and compliance seal!</p><p>Veri Integrated Training is the brainchild of software in training expert Ann-Marie McSorley. She’s been at the helm at iResource Education and Training since 2008 and previously a team leader for Compass Catering, Local District Councils and the NSPCC in Northern Ireland for 15 years.</p><p>The new software takes the pain and paper out of compliance and quality assurance in the growing training industry and will ensure the highest industry standards are met, she said. <strong>Veri is being showcased for the first time at the FET (Further Education and Training) conference in Mullingar onSeptember 30.</strong></p><p>Among Veri’s benefits for service providers are that it is affordable, starting out at just €100 per month; it’s simple to use and scalable across all sizes of training provision in all industries. It is cloud based and therefore ideal for multi-centred and outsourced training provision.</p><p>For Management, trainees and their tutors, it provides greater accountability, and live ability to track and trace programme outcomes, according to McSorley, whose business is based at the Waterford Institute of Technology ArcLabs Innovation Centre, Burrell Hall, St Kieran’s College, Kilkenny.</p><p>“Focusing on quality assurance and measured outcomes, we saw a huge need for a software solution that would save time in tracking, compliance and measuring performance. This applies not just for student grades but for tutor communication, module results, learner engagement and all the milestones we need to track and measure in effective learning outside of exams and the...<a href=http://www.arclabs.ie/blog/veri-integrated-training>Read More</a>ArcLabs based fintech firm Kyckr raises over €3m after IPO in AustraliaWed, 07 Sep 2016 08:16:49 -0700http://www.arclabs.ie/blog/arclabs-based-fintech-firm-kyckr-raises-over-3m-after-ipo-in-australia
http://www.arclabs.ie/blog/arclabs-based-fintech-firm-kyckr-raises-over-3m-after-ipo-in-australia<p>Congratulations to the teams in Kyckr and Global Business Register based in ArcLabs on their fantastic fundraising success. Please see link for full article published in the Irish Times today, 07.09.16 <a href="http://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/irish-fintech-firm-kyckr-raises-over-3m-after-ipo-in-australia-1.2782543">http://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/irish-fintech-firm-kyckr-raises-over-3m-after-ipo-in-australia-1.2782543</a></p><a href=http://www.arclabs.ie/blog/arclabs-based-fintech-firm-kyckr-raises-over-3m-after-ipo-in-australia>Read More</a>A €2.5m expansion to ArcLabsFri, 15 Apr 2016 02:31:52 -0700http://www.arclabs.ie/blog/a-2-5m-expansion-to-arclabs
http://www.arclabs.ie/blog/a-2-5m-expansion-to-arclabs<p>Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) has signed a €2.5m contract with Enterprise Ireland which will fund a significant expansion of the incubation facilities in ArcLabs. The 1,000m2 extension will enable the Institute to double its capacity to support technology start-ups in the South East region.</p><p>Kathryn Kiely, Manager of Industry Services at WIT and a member of the Arclabs Advisory Board has been closely involved in the development of Arclabs over the last 10 years and in the proposal development and contract negotiations with Enterprise Ireland.</p><p>She commented: “Through this €2.5m expansion we are doubling our capacity to attract entrepreneurs and start-ups to Waterford and the South East. At ArcLabs we support and develop the transformation of ideas and early stage technology into scalable, sustainable businesses. Over the past decade we have created an ideas, innovation and technology hub which offers an environment in which entrepreneurs, businesses and researchers can collaborate.”</p><p>Welcoming Enterprise Ireland’s investment WIT President Prof Willie Donnelly spoke of the importance of ArcLabs as a critical driver of future economic growth.<br>“Globally the emergence of the Internet of Things as a platform for the next generation of ICT companies provides a major opportunity for the South East. Through the expansion of ArcLabs in Waterford and its presence in Kilkenny, the region will be better positioned to build on the existing mobile services cluster and to exploit new growth opportunities in areas such as Agri-tech. This success is an important next step in the Institute’s plans for establishing an entrepreneurial platform which will accelerate the regional economic development as a global leader in the digital economy.”<br>Commenting on the announcement Declan Lyons, Manager, Technology Infrastructure Programmes in Enterprise Ireland noted the strong track record of Arclabs in creating technology based businesses with high-value...<a href=http://www.arclabs.ie/blog/a-2-5m-expansion-to-arclabs>Read More</a>US Software Development Company to Create 10 Jobs in ArcLabsSun, 11 Oct 2015 16:00:00 -0700http://www.arclabs.ie/blog/us-software-development-company-to-create-10-jobs-in-arclabs
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<p>Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Paudie Coffey, announced that <a href="http://www.cgmllc.net/" target="_blank">CGM, LLC</a>, will establish a software development centre in <a href="http://www.arclabs.com/" target="_blank">Waterford Institute of Technology’s Research and Innovation Centre Arclabs</a>, creating 10 jobs.</p>
</div><p>CGM was introduced to Ireland through <a href="http://www.connectireland.com/" target="_blank">ConnectIreland,</a> the company responsible for delivering the Government's Succeed in Ireland initiative, as part of the Action Plan for Jobs, in association with IDA Ireland.</p>
<p>Making the announcement at the official opening of the Startup Gathering in Waterford, Minister Coffey said: “This announcement is another boost for Waterford and shows that we are competing for investments and creating jobs. This announcement shows that Waterford people by using their contacts can also bring investment to Ireland with their own initiative. I want to welcome CGM to Waterford and hope that they have long association with Waterford and continue to grow and expand their operations.”</p>
<p>CGM Ireland Ltd, a newly established European subsidiary of CGM, LLC, will be based in Arc Labs, Waterford. The main functions of the Irish operations will include quality assurance, testing and support development activities for CGM’s online enrolment and auditing systems.</p>
<p>By establishing a collaborative quality assurance and software development centre in Waterford, CGM will continue to deliver software systems that result in improved profitability for customers.</p>
<p>The company is currently recruiting for up to 10 positions.</p>
<p>Co-founder, Kevin Murphy, said: “CGM has been developing software in Europe for several years now, and when the need arose to open an...<a href=http://www.arclabs.ie/blog/us-software-development-company-to-create-10-jobs-in-arclabs>Read More</a>WIT and UCD sweep the boards at the Knowledge Transfer Ireland Impact AwardsWed, 25 Mar 2015 14:04:47 -0700http://www.arclabs.ie/blog/wit-and-ucd-sweep-the-boards-at-the-knowledge-transfer-ireland-impact-awards
http://www.arclabs.ie/blog/wit-and-ucd-sweep-the-boards-at-the-knowledge-transfer-ireland-impact-awards<div>Wednesday, 25 March 2015: Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) and University College Dublin (UCD) between them picked up all four Knowledge Transfer Ireland (KTI) Impact Awards earlier today.<br>WIT won two awards, which were presented by Damien English, T.D., Minister for Skills, Research & Innovation at a ceremony in Dublin.<br>Dr Felicity Kelliher, co-chair of the RIKON group and senior lecturer in management at the School of Business at WIT, was presented with the Research2Business Collaborative Impact Award for her engagement with hundreds of SMEs – in particular with the tourism sector, Ireland’s second largest service industry – enabling them to adopt best practice, improve their business and integrate research findings into developing their staff and companies.<br>Dr Ramesh Raghavendra won the Consultancy Impact Award for his work as the Manager of the South Eastern Applied Materials (SEAM) Research Centre at WIT. Under Dr Raghavendra’s direction, SEAM has carried out more than 800 directly funded industry projects within 5 years of its launch in 2009.<br>Congratulating the winners Minister English said “the KTI Impact Awards celebrate the significant impact of commercially valuable knowledge transferred from the research system into Irish industry. It is important to recognise the successful impact achieved by industry in Ireland through the acquisition of new technologies and intellectual property or by getting expert advice from State-funded researchers and the Universities, Institutes of Technology and research institutes where they work”.<br>Dr Alison Campbell, Director of KTI congratulated Professor Willie Donnelly, Vice President for Research and Innovation at WIT and Professor Orla Feely, UCD Vice President for Research, Innovation and Impact who also received awards in recognition of their support and promotion of knowledge transfer at WIT and UCD respectively.<br>Speaking about the importance of the awards, Professor Donnelly said,...<a href=http://www.arclabs.ie/blog/wit-and-ucd-sweep-the-boards-at-the-knowledge-transfer-ireland-impact-awards>Read More</a>